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WWI Aerial Emblem

Date: 07 1917
Description: A factory worker painting the United States insignia on a bi-plane wing.
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Trench Warfare

Date: 07 1917
Description: ROTC engineers at Fort Leavenworth learn about trench work, an important skill for World War I combat.
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Crowd near Train Station in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Crowd of women, children and soldiers at a train station on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The station may have been located between Mogzon and Vyatka, Russia...
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Cyrus McCormick, Jr. in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Admiral Glennon (left), Cyrus McCormick, Jr. (center) and "Gorbatenka" standing near a train in Russia.
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Cyrus McCormick, Jr. and General Scott in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cyrus McCormick, Jr. and General Scott standing at a Russian railroad station.
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Men at Manchurian Train Station

Date: 07 1917
Description: Man dressed in white suit standing outside with uniformed man. Original caption reads: "Russian station master and wealthy peasant at Manchuria."
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Russian Officials in Manchuria

Date: 07 1917
Description: Men standing near a building, probably at a train station, in Manchuria. There are a number of large baskets on wheels sitting outside of a door of the bui...
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Colonel Hurd and Colonel Michie

Date: 07 1917
Description: Colonel Hurd and Colonel Michie, probably at a train station near Irkutsk.
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Chinese Customs Officials Searching for Opium

Date: 07 1917
Description: Uniformed men gathered around a train car somewhere along the Trans-Siberian railway in China. Original caption reads: "Chinese customs officials searching...
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Chinese Customs Officials Seizing Opium

Date: 07 1917
Description: Uniformed men gathered around a train car somewhere along the Trans-Siberian railway in China. Original caption reads: "Chinese custom officials confiscati...
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Tractor Tilling Newsletter

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cover of the Volume 1, Number 2 issue of Tractor Tilling newsletter, produced by the Smith Form-a-Tractor Company. The cover features a photograph o...
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Wedding Preparations

Date: 07 1917
Description: Japanese lanterns have been strung in preparation for the supper celebrating the wedding of Gertrude Merker and Clifford F. Messinger, which took place Jul...
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The Tree Swing

Date: 07 1917
Description: During Word War I, a group of soldiers training at Fort Sheridan visited the home of W.A. Holt's parents. The Holt family entertained the soldiers. Lillian...

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